'The Octagon has given us another sophisticated, hilarious Christmas show for children of all ages.

The best present an adult can have'
Bolton Evening News (on George's Marvellous Medicine)

Continuing a tradition of producing refreshing, alternative forms of entertainment for all the family during the festive period, the Octagon Theatre presented Roald Dahl’s The Twits.  The Twits followed two hugely successful productions of Dahl stories, The B.F.G. and George’s Marvellous Medicine, which played at the Octagon in 2003 and 2004 respectively.

Mr and Mrs Twit are sloppy and smelly.  They don’t wash and they don’t clean, but they do play nasty tricks on each other - Mr Twit puts frogs in his wife’s bed, while Mrs Twit cooks spaghetti worms for her husband’s dinner.  Worse than that, the disgusting duo have captured a family of Muggle-Wump Monkeys, and keep the poor animals hanging upside down in a cage.  But help is at hand when the magic Roly-Poly Bird hatches a hair-raising plan to save them…in a daring escapade that threatens to turn the world of Mr and Mrs Twit upside down!

The Twits is one of Roald Dahl's most popular stories and featured in the BBC Big Read Top 100, a poll of the UK’s all-time favourite books.  This was a raucous and wonderfully wild tale of mayhem and mercy told through slapstick, live music, dance and drama, it is a magical treat for all the family this festive season. This production went down in Octagon history as the most successful production ever staged at the theatre.